Sir Edmund De La Beche, Archdeacon of Berkshire, was the youngest brother of
Nicholas, Lord De La Beche of
Aldworth. He appears to have been a most audacious character. He assisted in the escape of Lords Audley and Berkeley from
Wallingford Castle in 1323, for which he was imprisoned at Pomfret, but soon after set at liberty. In 1327, the Mayor and citizens of Oxford, with Edmund De La Beche at their head, joining themselves with the townsmen of
Abingdon, went, at midnight, in a great body with torches and candles and burnt the Manor of Northcote, belonging to the
Abbey of
Abingdon, after which they set upon the Abbey itself and ransacked it in a terrible manner, partly killing and putting to flight the monks, for which the ringleaders were hanged at Wallingford. Edmund De La Beche was, however, again pardoned. He died in 1365 and was buried at Aldworth where his brass has, unfortunately, long since disappeared.

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